Monitoring and Evaluating the Socioeconomic Impacts of Conservation Projects on Local Communities

Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation: Bridging the Gap between Global Commitment and Local Action

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 265-290

  Homewood, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation projects; Local communities; Socioeconomic monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887245648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118490747.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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